Famous Quotes | The poor and the low have their...

The poor and the low have their way of expressing the last facts of philosophy as well as you. “Blessed be nothing,” and “The worse things are, the better they are,” are proverbs which express the transcendentalism of common life. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Attribution: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882), U.S. essayist, poet, philosopher. “Circles,” Essays, First Series (1841, repr. 1847).

Categories: Common People, Essayist, Philosopher, Philosophy

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